Lesléa Newman
Biographic Data
| ID | 3990535 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Lesléa Newman |
| GIVEN NAMES | Lesléa |
| FAMILY NAME | Newman |
| SIGNATURE | NEWMAN L |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 6 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1942 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
A Letter to Harvey Milk
for Harvey Milk 1930–1978
A Woman Like Me
Every Sunday morning I search for her. On the one day of the week when I could actually let myself sleep late, I rise with the sun, leaving my spouse and cat snuggled in our warm, cozy bed while I quiedy slip on my bathrobe and creep down the stairs. Without flicking on the light, I brew a pot of hazelnut coffee and put two chocolatecovered Biscotti biscuits on a plate. Then I open the kitchen door, cringing as always at the squeak its hinges mak…
There Once Was a Butch
The Truth About Writing/Writing About the Truth
The essay examines how one writer turns her life experience into fiction, and explores the question so often asked of fiction writers, "Is that story really true?" Author Lesléa Newman uses her own work to show how the experience of losing her good friend, the poet Gerard Rizza, to AIDS, translated into a short story, a children's book and a novel told in fifty poems. Each form tells a different sort of truth about the experience the author went …
Some Notes on the Folklore of Poultry
Eggs, during the bird-breeding season, must have formed a staple article of diet, from the time that mankind first become omniverous and the early domestication of the fowl led to that close social and moral connection, which always arises when man adopts any animal as a domestic pet (if this term may be applied to the rather one-sided connection existing between man and fowl). The superstitions and ceremonial observances forming part of what is …
Some References to the Couvade in Literature
IN a recent paper' an alternative theory of the origin of the Couvade custom was brought forward and a few references were quoted to illustrate the views of different folklorists. These references were chosen, not to provide historical data of the development of the custom, but to show its wide geographical range. The following additional examples and comparisons may be of interest to illustrate its wider aspects and assist in arriving at some co…
Some References to the Couvade in Literature
IN a recent paper' an alternative theory of the origin of the Couvade custom was brought forward and a few references were quoted to illustrate the views of different folklorists. These references were chosen, not to provide historical data of the development of the custom, but to show its wide geographical range. The following additional examples and comparisons may be of interest to illustrate its wider aspects and assist in arriving at some co…
Some Notes on the Folklore of Poultry
Eggs, during the bird-breeding season, must have formed a staple article of diet, from the time that mankind first become omniverous and the early domestication of the fowl led to that close social and moral connection, which always arises when man adopts any animal as a domestic pet (if this term may be applied to the rather one-sided connection existing between man and fowl). The superstitions and ceremonial observances forming part of what is …
Some References to the Couvade in Literature
IN a recent paper' an alternative theory of the origin of the Couvade custom was brought forward and a few references were quoted to illustrate the views of different folklorists. These references were chosen, not to provide historical data of the development of the custom, but to show its wide geographical range. The following additional examples and comparisons may be of interest to illustrate its wider aspects and assist in arriving at some co…
The Truth About Writing/Writing About the Truth
The essay examines how one writer turns her life experience into fiction, and explores the question so often asked of fiction writers, "Is that story really true?" Author Lesléa Newman uses her own work to show how the experience of losing her good friend, the poet Gerard Rizza, to AIDS, translated into a short story, a children's book and a novel told in fifty poems. Each form tells a different sort of truth about the experience the author went …
There Once Was a Butch
A Woman Like Me
Every Sunday morning I search for her. On the one day of the week when I could actually let myself sleep late, I rise with the sun, leaving my spouse and cat snuggled in our warm, cozy bed while I quiedy slip on my bathrobe and creep down the stairs. Without flicking on the light, I brew a pot of hazelnut coffee and put two chocolatecovered Biscotti biscuits on a plate. Then I open the kitchen door, cringing as always at the squeak its hinges mak…
A Letter to Harvey Milk
for Harvey Milk 1930–1978
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